Magic Windows / Ventanas mágicas

By Carmen Lomas Garza
Paperback: $10.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. Through the magic windows of her cut-paper art, Carmen shows us her family, her life as an artist, and the legends of her Aztec past.

Description

We look into Carmen’s studio and see her paint a Mexican jarabe tapatío dancer; we glimpse the hummingbirds that cross the US-Mexico border to taste the sweet nectar of the cactus flowers; and we watch Carmen teach her nieces and nephews how to make their own magic windows.

Magic Windows is a continuing tribute to family and community as well as a way for Carmen to connect future generations to their ancestors by teaching and sharing with them this traditional folk art.

About the Creators

Carmen Lomas Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza is one of the most prominent Mexican American painters working today. Born and raised in Texas, she now lives in San Francisco, California. Her paintings have traveled all over the United States and Mexico in numerous exhibitions. Visit her website at carmenlomasgarza.com.

Awards

  • Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • Américas Award

    Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391837
  • Price $10.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 10.5 × 8.3 × 0.2 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1717
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Crafts & Hobbies
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / Art / Techniques
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
  • Themes Animals, Art, Bilingual, Biography / Memoir, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Families, Holidays / Traditions, Home, Imagination, Informational / Expository Nonfiction, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Nonfiction
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 7 - 10
  • Grade Range Grades 2 - 5
  • Guided Reading P
  • ATOS Book Level 5
  • DRA 38
  • Interest Level Grades 2 - 5
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 810
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 4
  • SRC 4.8
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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